Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical and subtropical plant with numerous palatable fruitlets called coalesced berries, each fruitlet is the eye of the pineapple. It belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. Pineapples can be eaten fresh, cooked, juiced, preserved or as jam spread. Pineapples can also be eaten as a snack …
These custard butter cookies are an old fashioned favourite for festive seasons like Chinese New Year and Hari Raya in Malaysia. Daisy shaped cookies are one of the most customary cookies served up in the 1970s and 1980s during the festive seasons. The commercially available gluten version of these cookies …
Steamed prosperity cake or often called fa gao in Mandarin, fatt koh in Cantonese and Huat Kueh in Hokkien, is very similar to cupcake or muffin, but it is steamed instead of baked. The main ingredients used are normally rice flour, yeast, sugar and bright colourful food colouring, then the …
Sago or sago pearls is commonly known as tapioca pearls and are made from tapioca or cassava roots. They are normally white in colour and opaque and become translucent when steamed or boiled. Both terms of Sago and Tapioca pearls are often used interchangeably in Southeast Asia. Small pearls are …
Chinese almond cookies, also called almond biscuits or almond cakes, are made from almond flour with an almond in the middle on top of the cookies. Commonly found in Chinese bakeries in Hong Kong, Macau and China, as well as in Chinese bakeries or even Asian groceries stores all over …
Glutinous rice balls or tang yuan (meaning round balls in soup) is a Chinese dessert prepared with glutinous rice flour and water mixture. They can be small or large in size and filled or unfilled, savoury or sweet and are served in a clear soup broth or sweet gingery syrup. …
Egg tart or egg custard tart (called dan tat in Cantonese) is a type of pastry commonly found in England, Portugal, Hong Kong and many south east Asian countries. It has an external pastry crust with wobbly egg custard filling and baked. Egg tart is the much loved dim sum …
Ondeh ondeh or onde onde is a conventional rice cake made from glutinous rice flour and sometimes mixed with mashed sweet potato, in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (called keplon). It is a small round rice ball flavoured with Pandan, filled with grated palm sugar, boiled and then coated with shredded …
Pandan cake or pandan chiffon cake also called sponge cake or chiffon cake, is a very light and fluffy soft textured cake made from vegetable oil, sugar, flour, baking powder and eggs plus flavourings. It is originated from Malaysia and Indonesia. Most well-liked Asian flavour is pandan and coconut and …
Tapioca or cassava (also called yucca, manioc and manihot) belongs to the common starchy root crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams and arrowroots. Tapioca is a starch made from the roots of cassava plants. It is organically gluten free, making it an excellent alternative for flour not only as a …
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